Engineer- Automation/instrumentation applicants have rated the interview process at Merck with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer- Automation/instrumentation roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Merck overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Merck as a Engineer- Automation/instrumentation according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 100%
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I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Merck
Interview
I was prescreened by a third party staffing firm for this contractual position, and then invited to a Zoom interview with two members of the group the position would be joining. They asked both lightly technical (experience in coding) and behavioral questions (how I've responded to projects not going as planned), and seemed like they genuinely wanted to get to know me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe a time your project did not go as planned and how you rectified the issue?